Dan brings a data-led perspective, helping understand patterns, trends and risks across both digital and real-world environments. Dan has worked closely with schools and education leaders nationally, including in his previous role at Tes. This grounding in education shapes VOOP’s insight, ensuring it reflects the realities of school settings and the challenges safeguarding professionals face.

VOOP’s work highlights the scale and urgency of disconnection affecting young people today, supporting professionals to better interpret data, identify emerging risks, and understand how digital environments shape young people’s experiences.

Roddy works directly with young people affected by exploitation, violence and disadvantage. Their frontline experience provides a powerful insight into the lived realities behind safeguarding concerns, helping professionals understand how risk is experienced — not just recorded.

RAW Mentoring supports young people in Pupil Referral Units (PRUs), SEN settings and those requiring refocused provision, as well as collaborating with schools, local authorities and organisations such as Brighter Futures for Children and Reading Borough Council. Through mentoring and partnership work, they have supported the reintegration of young people into mainstream education and employment, while also contributing to wider initiatives around youth mentoring and anti-bullying.

In addition to pastoral care and safeguarding across his school, Jason helps schools leverage student input to drive systemic change. He combines expertise in child-centered design, social justice, and digital innovation. Jason is also co-founder of award-winning platform The Student Voice.

The Student Voice supports organisations to strengthen their approach to safeguarding young people through contextual safeguarding, youth participation and shared language. Focusing on helping professionals better understand young people’s lived experiences and building protective capacity across communities.